MUSC 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Semitone, Kendang, Colotomy
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Bali: south east asia-indonesia (country comprising archipelago, gamelan (ensembles: in indonesia, gamelan gong kebyar (most important gamelan in 21st c bali) Idiophones (instrument resonates as being hit (ex. gong) Ceng-ceng (cymbals); pair of drums; suling (flute); rehab (bowed instrument) > gongan: time cycle marked by gongs (colotomic:refer to this particular time cycle) 8-1-2-3-4-5-6-7 (8 is downbeat=big gong: 8 -1- -2- -3- -4- -5- -6- 7, 8, gong, 8 4, ding ding, 8 5 7, deng deng deng, 1 3 5 7, ching ching ching ching. Pokok: central melody; all parts are derived from it. Kotekan: most complicated ornamentation of the pokok. Pokok with derived layered melodies: 1 2 1 3 5 3 2 3, 1 5, 1 1 5 2, 1-1 2- 2 1-1 3-3 5-5 3-3 2-2 3-3, 1-21 21 2-12-12- 1-31-31- 3-13-13- 5-35-35- 3-53-35- 2-32-32, pitch/tuning. > acoustic facts-relationships between pitches that are based on physics (ex. overtone series, octave)
